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Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Water is Wide
Paul McCandless4:05
2O, Shenandoah
Philip Aaberg4:00
3Summertime
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
lyrics quoted on:
Doin’ Time
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
David Grisman2:58
4Variations on "Solace"
cover recording of:
Solace
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist) (in 1909)
publisher:
Chappell and Leeds Music Corp.
Dick Hyman3:30
5Angelina Baker
cover recording of:
Angelina Baker
lyricist:
Stephen Foster (composer)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 18341)
Barbara Higbie3:34
6It Ain't Necessarily So
cover recording of:
It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward (playwright) and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music (ASCAP), Gershwin Publishing Corp and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
was commissioned by:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so”
George Gershwin5:30
7One Hand, One Heart
cover recording of:
West Side Story: One Hand, One Heart (Tony, Maria)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (US composer & conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC
version of:
One (early version of "One Hand, One Heart" from West Side Story)
part of:
West Side Story
Tracy Silverman2:58
8The Times They Are A-Changin'
cover recording of:
The Times They Are A‐Changin’
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
Fred Simon3:38
9Prelude No. 2
cover recording of:
Prelude no. 2 (for violin and orchestra, arr. Lenehan & Kennedy)
orchestrator:
Nigel Kennedy (violinist) and John Lenehan (classical pianist)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
orchestration of:
Three Preludes: No. 2. Andante con moto e poco rubato (original version for piano)
Chris Botti4:14
10Sophisticated Lady
cover recording of:
Sophisticated Lady
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish and Irving Mills (in 1932)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1932)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music (ended), Mills Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (until 2007-05) and Sony/ATV Harmony (from 2007-05 to present)
part of:
Sophisticated Ladies (1981 musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Steve Erquiaga4:54
11In a Mist
cover recording of:
In a Mist
composer:
Bix Beiderbecke (in 1927)
Philip Aaberg & Darol Anger4:29
12On the Threshold of Liberty
Mark Isham7:27